Friday’s Sound Off

I’d like to make a comment on our wonderful mail service we have right now. Received a Christmas card Jan. 3 mailed from Birdsboro on Dec. 12. That’s really great service. We could have walked it down or whatever for half the time.

President-elect Trump has completed more before his inauguration than fake news Obama accomplished in eight years as president. I say good riddance to a sore loser and non-USA citizen.

Ralph Fillman, Limerick

I would like to thank our government for bailing out General Motors. Had they not done this I would not have been able to watch the dozens and dozens and dozens of commercials during the recent college football bowl games. Just actually ludicrous.

I’m just wondering if anybody could help me. Knowing that my neighbors have bedbugs and they’re not doing anything about it is there somebody to report that to in the Borough of Pottstown? Any advice is greatly needed.

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Today a friend of mine showed me a large picture of what downtown Pottstown used to look like back in its heyday with all of its large wonderful buildings and great shops and stores. I would suggest anybody that cries easily not look at that picture though, it will definitely bring you to tears seeing what we used to have and what we have now. What a shame.

I’d like someone to explain to me how progress is being made by taking cursive handwriting out of the schools. I recently gave my high honors 13-year-old grandchild a birthday card. He could read the printing beautifully and when he went to read my note handwritten in cursive he laughed because he could not read it. He was not taught cursive in either of the two different school districts that he went into. I was appalled. What are they going to do? How are they going to sign checks?

How Is This Progress?

The Office of Congressional Ethics is being dismantled by the Trump takeover. This committee was put in place to keep an eye on the conduct of our politicians. Are we now moving toward a system where no politician has to answer or account for their conduct or corruption? Very troubling. Pay attention America. This is a bold move to protect those at the very top. Sound familiar?

This is to the person who says President Obama wants to destroy America. If he wants to, Donald Trump will. Wait and see.

It’s ironic that columnist Jerry Shenk hails from Lebanon County because his recent commentary on the election in the Jan. 1 Mercury was a huge hot mess of Lebanon baloney.

Why do you run down Obamacare so much? We had nothing before Obamacare. Maybe we should have had a Bushcare, maybe we’ll have a Trumpcare. When you replace Obamacare what will we have? Nothing. Anything is better than nothing. These Republicans run the Obamacare down but when they were in office they gave us nothing. When they take it away, he better get a Trumpcare in here pretty quickly or nobody will have insurance especially the ones who need it.

The stock market did not go up because of President Obama. It went up after Hillary Clinton lost and Donald Trump won.

I just want to say that when Gov. Wolf wants to put tax on gas, gas climbs up way high but as he promised to cut property tax he raised everything billions of dollars. Just figures, there you go, another Democrat killing our country, killing our state. We need property tax eliminated especially for the senior citizens and the young people. Get with it people. Let’s get this property tax done with.

To those complaining about the increase in gasoline taxes here’s what happened. Several years ago it became apparent that Pennsylvania’s highway infrastructure was in bad shape, but how to pay for it was the question. Gov. Rendell tried tolls on Interstate 80 but the feds blocked that. So the Corbett administration devised a multiyear rebuilding program to have the highway users pay for the work through increases in gasoline taxes. Check your facts before you complain.

A Responsible Citizen

To anyone going to any hospital emergency room, do not leave any wallet with the person going. My husband went to a hospital and his wallet was taken by someone who made several purchases at Target and a jewelers and then returned the wallet later that night. Please do not trust anyone.

Can somebody tell me why Pottstown Public Works won’t address the huge hole in the railroad track area on King Street? I mean it’s their responsibility. They should be telling them to fix that. It’s ridiculous how many years it’s been like that now.

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